Installing Netscape

josephj at buffnet.net josephj at buffnet.net
Fri Apr 11 15:02:44 EDT 2003


Thanks for the quick reply.  I have a P II, so it'll work.  I'm currently
using Galeon and sometimes Konqueror (because they were there.)  I have no
browser relegion, but I did get very comfortable with IE 5.5 on Windoze.

Thanks.

Joe
>
>> Questions:
>> 1) Is this a good version for my system (Mdk 9.1 rc2)?
>
> Depends what kind of processor you have, if you have a Pentium class
> processor that is the right RPM.  Yes it will work in Mandrake 9.1
>
>> 2) Once I install it and use it to solve the problem, is it easy to
>> uninstall, or is it something useful to keep around?  I know it used
>> to be very popular.
>
> uninstall would be as simple as rpm -e netscape.yadda.rpm.  what
> browser are you using now?  It's probably the best browser for Linux
>
>
>> 3) If I just run rpm -Uvh netscape... , will it be pretty much be
>> ready to run other than maybe configuring a few parameters like DNS
>> etc
>
> You shouldn't have to enter any DNS, you don't do that in your browser,
> I think there is a setup wizard but I am not sure, yeah basically after
> you install it you just connect to the internet and run it.






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